Advertising sign



Nov. 28, 1939. w. w. PATTERSON ADVERTISING SIGN Filed OCt. 27, 1938 I INVENTOR.

WARD W PATTERSON H/S ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

1 Claim.

This invention relates to advertising signs and is particularly adapted for portable signs having a display surface of sheet metal, or equivalent material, and adapted to be placed outdoors upon 5 Walls or the like.

An object of this invention is to provide a sign, simple in construction andeconomical to manufacture, which will have improved attention-arresting characteristics.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3--3, Fig. 1.

A sign embodying this invention and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, includes a frame, preferably of wood, and having stiles l and top, bottom and intermediate rails 2. ered with,a sheeting or display member 3, preferably of sheet steel, which as a shell extends over the face of the frame and over against the edges of the frame members, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. A molding 4, which may preferably be of wood, has a groove 5 receiving the rear edges of the frame, and clamping the edges of the sheeting. The molding is so arranged and positioned that a substantial part of the frame extends out beyond the molding, and so that, the face or display surface of the sheeting 3 extends outwardly and beyond the molding. The molding may be fluted, as shown, or otherwise decorated and may be applied with mitered corners as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The frame members may be secured together by nails or screws, or by glue, in any accepted manner well understood in the art and the molding mayalso be attached by any of these means. The sheeting is preferably secured by nails, which are covered by the molding.

The frame is cov- By means of the invention herein described the edges of the sheeting is protected from damage by the weather and otherwise, while the sign is set out by the molding and pushed outwardly for the attention of the passerby. The molding 5 in this case not only serves to give a pleasing effect and setting for the sign, but also serves to thrust the sign outwardly so that it will more quickly arrest attention and hold that attention longer. 10

In the drawing the side walls of the sheeting 3 are shown as extending at a right angle to the face. It is not necessary, however, that these Walls be precisely perpendicular to the face. The same results are accomplished by making these 15 walls slightly oblique. Inclination of the top wall upwardly as it extends from the face to the rear of the sign has some utility in that it will shed rain and snow, preventing snow from accumulating and water from running into the WARD ,W. PATTERSON. 35 

